dmulally

Maiden drive to the chip shop. The vibration comes and goes. I can feel it in the steering wheel rather than my bum so probably the front end. Booked in for first of many LVV checks next week. Got this from a neighbour:

Slapped the first coat of primer on the lockers and had half a pot left over so rather than chuck it out I kept going. So many drips and runs from epoxy coating last weekend looks like this weekend will be spent entirely sanding. Standing back and having a look I think I have to agree for once with @cubastreet that it looks so much nicer open than with a cabin. Maybe I need to revisit to slide over/fold up bimini/tent.

So the vibration seems to have gone away so it was the wheels. I say seems to because it's a noisy old car and I'm deaf. Only problem is now I'm stuck with the crappy pizza cutter wheels. They look shit. THE CURE IS WORSE THAN THE DISEASE!

I was giving the car a bit of a once over and realised the GT lid didnt have a number plate light. That would have been embarrassing. So I found a spare one I had and welded on a small plate to attach it to. I have no idea what it had stock and couldn't see what else it had to attach to so it is what it is. The biggest problem I had/have is fighting the cold. The first coat of colour I slapped on just sagged. So I waited a day for it to harden to take off again and try again with backup. A little fan heater and an outdoor gas heater. It was touch dry in about a minute. All I had was an LED bulb so I may have to put some tape around it as it looks pretty bright. Next on the vagenda is to change the wide rims for the old pizza cutters. I still get a slight vibration at speed in and out of gear. I think possibly one of the wheels isn't balanced correctly which is an issue I have had with the local tire man a couple of times.

Long coupla on my knees inside the boat just gone. I'm prepping to get the seat tops put in so am painting what is underneath the seats with three coats of epoxy before the primer and top coat. Havent actually figured out if I'll make them storage tanks or leave them as buoyancy tanks yet. I still have to cut an access hatch to help glue from inside as well as keep as an inspection hole for future. I have also been glassing the shit out of the outboard well. There is enough space now for a rise and fall bracket and I want it to be waterproof and strong. As I cut off quite a few strips of chop strand and woven I went around adding bits of tape around the mast and anywhere that took my fancy such as inside the stern where it all meets at a point. There is still more to do on the outboard well but the weather is so cold that it just isn't conducive to painting and glassing. Hopefully this rain fucks off soon and we can get a bit of sunshine.

So whilst I'm waiting for the cert man to give me the call off the bench I'm making it a little more finished. It's still noisy as shit so I'm doing my best to quieten it down a little. I am mostly deaf and have tinnitus so every bit helps.

Still waiting for the call off the bench. He just had major dental surgery so I dont want to push him. He is 20 mins away so wont be a drama when the time comes.

Christ you just triggered a memory. In my apprenticeship the factory owner had a flash ski boat and he wouldnt even let us look at it. I dont mean lifting up the engine hatch or anything. Literally in it's direction. So when us dickhead kids walked past we had to face the other direction and sort of crab walk. What a cunt

Do you know if they were the same company as the west island?

I havent torn off the floor but I assume it's all glass with ply/timber stringers. It says it is a Savage 350. It may be a NZ brand as it looks very similar to a Savage Bosun which every man and his dog owned in Straya but there are differences.

I have this nifty little Johnny in the wings which I quite like. Came from a one owner Barry who mentioned that he used the shit out of it but only in fresh water which seems to be true looking under the cover. Both barrels have 90+psi so I'm calling it good.

There is a 15hp Chrysler for sale Im eyeing off as an aux kicker next to it. Considering I wanted to get a small tinny to test out my outboards I can state that I failed this mission successfully.

For no reason at all this followed me home. Love it. Mental the size of that engine that's only 35hp too. Trailer already taken to the tip too.

Just putting these old pics and new here as I'll likely need it soon for LVV man. Nobody is allowed to look at the awful welding. Imp body shells are made from paper so it was a case of plug the blown hole x 1000.

Got this from the M57 swap group on FB and putting it here before I lose it: "Shift pattern is P-R-N-D-4-3-2, to match the original 4 speed auto shifters. The standard tiptronic shifters only use P-R-N-D, and then disconnect the cable to operate Manual and Sports. Fully Clockwise should be park - you can check by trying to turn the output shaft" I guess that doesnt mean I have to faff about with the tiptronic either. One less thing to worry about.